Scrubbing-stool.



EVMATTISON.

SCRUBBING STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. |3| 1917.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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SCRUBBING STOOL.

APPLICATION FILED NQV' L3, 1'91?- 1 ,280,059. Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL MATTISON, 0F MARINETTE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO CHARLES HOLLANDER, OF AMBERG, WISCONSIN.

SCRUBBING-STOOL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1917. Serial No. 201,831.

To 117d whom, it may concern.

lie it known that I, Enin h'lNITISON, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Marinelte. in the county of Marinette and State of \l'isconsin. have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Scrubbing- Stools. of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved scrubbing stool and has as its primary ol jeel to provide a device of this character on which a person may kneel when scrubbing a floor and move about over the floor as the scrubbing operation progresses.

The invention has as a further object to provide a stool ot' the above described character having a drag connected thereto which can be moved to engage the floor for holding the stool stationary during the actual scrubbing of the floor.

further object of the invention in this connection is to provide an arrangement \vherein.the drag will be hingedly connected to the body of the stool and yieldablyheld away from the floor but so arranged that a person kneeling upon the-stool may rest one of the knees upon said drag for shifting the drag to engage the floor and holding the said drag in engagement therewith.

And the invention has a still further ob ject to provide a construction wherein the body of the stool will be equipped with a skirt guard to prevent the skirts of a person kneeling upon the stool from becoming entangled in the rollers of the stool.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure l is a proved stool,

Fig. 2 is a sectional view more particularly showing the mounting of the drag employed upon the body of the stool,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the drag moved to engage the floor for holding the stool stationary,

Fig. i is a bottom plan view of the device,

perspective View of my imwith the particularly illustrating the mounting of the skirt guard, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stool cushions thereof removed.

In carrying out the invention, my improved stool is formed with a preferably oblong body 10 to which are connected a plurality of rollers orcasters 11 of approved type. Upstanding from the extremities of the body are end boards 12 and extending between the upper corresponding corners of the said boards are helical springs 13 secured at their ends to the said boards in any suitable manner. Mounted upon the body between the end boards is a cushion l-l of approved character. The covering of this cushion is, as particularly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, arranged to overlie the springs 13 and is secured at its edges to the end boards 12 by suitable binding strips 15. In this connection, it will be noted that the springs 13 will normally act to retain the shape of the cushion and will tend to prevent the flattening of the cushion at its upper corners,

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

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In the rear of the body 10 of the stool is i arranged a skirt guard. This skirt guard includes parallel rails 16 which project rearwardly from beneaththe body 10 of the stool and are secured at their inner extremities to the ends of the body by screws or other suitable fastening devices. Extending between the outer extremities of the said rails are spaced springs 17 providing cross members between the rails. While I have shown the use of the springs 17 upon the guard, still I do not wish to be limited to this specific construction since any suitable type of cross members between the rails may be employed.

Connected to the forward edge of the body 10 of the stool is a drag for holding the stool stationary when desired. This drag includes a preferably oblong body 18 which is somewhat shorter than the body 10 and is arranged to confront the forward edge of the body to normally lie in a plane therewith. Swingingly connecting the body 18 with the body of the stool are suitable hinges 19 and extending between the drag and the body of the stool are a plurality of helical knobs 28 which are preferably formed of springs 20 acting to yieldably hold the body 18 of the drag in normal position. As particularly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, three of the springs 20 are preferably employed and these springs are arranged to overlie the joint between the body 10 and the body 18 of the drag and are secured at their inner extremities to the upper face of the body 10, while the outer extremities of the said springs are secured to the upper face of the body 18. Rising from opposite extremities of the body 18 of the drag are end boards 21 and extending between corresponding upper corners of these boards are helical Springs 22. These springs are similar to the springs 13 of the body of the stool previously described and are secured to the end boards 21 in any approved man ner. Between the end boards is arranged a cushion 23 of approved character. The covering of this cushion is arranged to overlie the springs 22 and is secured to the end boards as well as the front margin of the body 18 of the drag by suitable binding strips 24. As previously explained in connection with the springs 13, the springs of the cushion 23 are provided to normally retain the shape of the cushion and prevent the flattening of the cushion at its upper corners in the practical use of the device. Projecting from the forward edge of the body 18 of the drag, at a point substantially midway of the ends thereof, is an extension 25. This extension is secured to the body of the drag by spaced straps 26 and provides a soap-tray. Driven through the said tray are a plurality of pins 26 for holding a cake of soap upon the tray. Projecting downwardly from the forward margin of the extension 25 is a .drag block 27. The outer face of this block is cut away between the ends of the block for receiving a suitable fastening device connecting the block with the extension and secured to the ends of the block, in any approved manner, are drag rubber.

As will now be seen, a person may kneel upon the cushion 14 of my improved stool and, by pushing against the fioor, move himself about from place to place for scrubbing the floor. In this connection, it will be noted that the cross members 17 of the skirt guard are so arranged that the said members willi' support the skirts of such person away from the floor and prevent the skirts from becoming entangled in the rollers 11 of the stool. Since, during the actual scrubbing operation, it will be necessary to hold the stool stationary, the drag is provided upon the stool. Normally this drag will, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, be held away from the floor by the springs 20 so that the stool may be easily shifted from place to place as the scrubbing operation progresses. However, during the actual scrubbing of the floor, one hand may be rested upon the cushion 23 of the drag or one knee of the person resting upon the stool may be advanced to rest upon the said cushion, when the weight of such person will, of course, immediately swing the drag downwardly to engage the knobs 28 of the drag with the floor. The drag will then, of course, effectually hold the stool against movement so that the person may, without likelihood of the shifting of the stool, rub against the floor with a brush or scrubbing-cloth for efficiently cleaning the floor. Since the extension 25 of the drag is formed to provide a soap-tray, a cake of soap arranged upon the tray will be easily accessible to the person scrubbing the floor.

It will therefore be seen that I provide a particularly simple and efficient construction for the purpose set forth and a scrubbing stool which will be found especially useful for general scrubbing purposes.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A scrubbing stool including a movable body, and a drag connected to the body and movable with respect to the body to engage a floor for holding the stool stationary.

2. A scrubbing stool including a movable body, a drag swingingly connected to the body and movable to engage a floor for holding the stool stationary, and yieldable means normally holding the drag away from the floor.

3. A scrubbing stool including a movable body, a drag swingingly connected to the body and movable to engage a floor for holding the stool stationary, the said drag including a-body hingedly connected to the body of the stool, and a spring extending over the joint between the body of the stool and the body of the drag and normally holding the drag away from the floor.

4. A scrubbing stool including a movable body, and a drag swingingly connected to the body and including a drag block adapt- 'ed for engagement with a floor for holding the stool stationary.

5. A scrubbing stool including a movable body, and a drag pivoted upon the body and movable to engage a fioor for holding the spool stationary.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

EMIL MATTISON. [Ls] 

